Reel lock for fish rods



Patented Od. 4, 1927.

@ansa erariale amaze i ALEXANDER G. HALL; or, HIGHLAnDfi/Lrnns, Your; y

LooxV non rrsi'r RODS,

Application mea october a2, i925. serial Nacen?.

hold'those parts iny fixed relation or permit theirA relative movement! when required. In, the use of reels'or fish rods the `frame of the reel is usually provided with suitable feet or arms projecting in opposite directions therefrom andfadapted tobe applied to the periphery of the rod lengthwise thereof to be engaged by fer-rules or sleeves, one or both of which may be movable lengthwise of and upon said rodl into andout of locking engagement'with said ofee't.

The main object ofthe present invention is to provide vone or both of lthese ferrules or sleeves with relatively rotatable means for compressing and releasinga Aportion of the ferrule upon and fromV the` periphery of the rod for looking andk releasing the yreel in and from its operative positions,

In other words, I have sought to provide a morey practicable and expeditious means for frictionally tightening and releasing a sleeve or ferrule `upon and from a rod or tube extending therethrough jby the simpleV hand rotation of a .ring upon the sleeve or ferrule in one direction ortlie other. Y

Other objects and uses relating to specic f parts of the locking device will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a fish rod with a` reel thereon held in operative position by my improved locking device.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the detached looking device *showing by dotted lines the adjacent portions of the rod and one of the feet of the reel taken on line 2f-2, Figure l.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of r the same locking device taken in the `plane of line 33, Figure 2. l

Figures 4 and 5 are end views of the detached sleeve and locking ring respectively.

Then the locking device is to be used for locking a reel as -A- to a iish rod'as -B- it comprises a tubular sleeve or ferrule 1 of suitable metal having one end provided with a raised boss -2- struck up from one side thereof for receiving one of the feet as -aof the reel -A, the other foot Atongue -6- being engaged: with a similar raised boss `-2-" ofvr an opposed `'co-axial sleeve as -owhich may be permanently secured to the. periphery of the rod -B- in spaced relation tothe locking sleeve I i rilhe `raised boss -Q-'is 5 preferably concentric with the aXisof the"ferrule'-'1 and entendsinwardly from one end approxi-v nialtely vhalf the length ofv said ferrul'e but the circumferential length is only a yfraci' tional part of the circumference or ap"- p'roximately equal to the width of one of the feet -aof the reel Vwhich it is V`adapted to receive.

' The remaining portion of the length of the sleeve or ferrule `1 is cylindricaly and, its outer endv is provided withla reinforcing band 4- in spaced relation to the inner end of th'e'boss-Q-.

Aring 5- is rotatably mounted upon the cylindrical'portiovn of: the sleeve or ferrule 1- between the ring and boss -2- which form suitable st opsfor limiting the axial movement of the ring 'and prevent? ing its endwise displacement'from thefsleeve, the bandf/J--being brazed or otherwise sej cured to the-'adjacent end of thevv syleeveto form a substantially unitary Vpart thereof.` A

A portionv of the s leevefor ferriile registering with andinclosed by'ring 57'- 85 is'cutlto form a circurnferentially'extending having one end integrally united thereto audits other yend free to move inwardly and outwardly against and away from the periphery of the adjacent portion of the rod -B*.y said tongue being provided with a. circumferentially eXtending cam 7'- which preferably consists of a piece of wire or other equivalent material brazed or Y otherwise secured to theperiphery of'the tongue and gradually tapered from the free end of the tongue circ'umferentiallyY practically the entire length thereof so that it is'reduced and graduallymerges with'the periphery of the tongue as shown more clear# y ly in Figures Sand 4.

The end of the cam -7- nearest the free periphery is concentric with said aXis sothat 1.1.0

by rotating the ring in one direction or the other .the kouter wallhof the cam groove Willengage the periphery ofthe cam 7 lforpressintj' the tongue inwardly against the "periphery of the rod for frictionally clamping the sleeve` vor ferrule --1-l to said v rodand thereby locking the reel inoperative position.

5 Reversing the direction ofzrotation of the ring -5 will release fthe pressure upon the cam '-7'-v thereby allowing the tongue -6- 'to spring outwardly under its rown tension vfor releasing. the sleeve or ferrule -1- and permitting it to be moved axially out of interlocking engagement Withthe adjacent yfoot ofthe reelwhich-may ythen be removed from the opposite boss 2fp The `ring`--5-gextends radially beyond the boss -2- and band .-4.- andis pro-` .vided with a knurled yperiphery adapted to be engaged bythe hand for turning the same inrthe act'fof tighteningand releasing the sleeve or ferrule -1 upon and from the rod.` Y Y ,l The ring ,--5- also extends axially beyond the opposite sides of the tongue -6- thereby concealing and protecting the tongue and camsv against contact with external ob]ects.V Thel cam groove ,-'8.- extends circum-V ferential'ly approximately or slightly greater than one-halfthecircumference of the interior of the ring `5 while the tongue. andkits cam '-.7-` extends circumfer- .entially alslightly less distance than the length Vof the groove and is preferably arranged diametrically opposite the boss 2f- V'so that when it is pressed inwardly against thefperiphery ofthe rod .-B- by the rota- .the outerwall ofV they boss ,-2- against the the latter in operative position upon the rod v against circumferential or endwlse movement. l y

It is, of course, evident that instead of ro- `tating the ring -5- in reverse directionsl `for locking and unlocking the sleeve upon and from the rod it may be moved continuously in-one direction for the same purpose, and, therefore, I do not wish to limit the invention to a reverse motion ring nor to thek other details of construction Yherein shown and described( I claim:`

l. In avreel lock for fish rods, a sleeve have ing a raised boss on lone end for receiving a portion of a reel and provided with a circumferentially elongated opening, a tongue fastened to the sleeve at one lend of the opening and'its other end movable radially in said opening, and a ring rotatably mounted on the sleeve to cover the opening and tongue, and provided with means for pressing the free end of the tongue inwardly and for releasing the pressure on said tongue as the ring is rotated in reverse directions.

2. A reel lock for fish rods comprising a sleeve having ran annular peripheral shoulder on one end and a raised boss on its other end to receive a portion of a reel, the portion of 'Y the sleeve betweenthe shoulder andboss hav- 

